The 1021st chapter regain lost ground (seeking monthly ticket)
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Chapter 1021: Recovering the Lost Ground (please vote for me) [..com]
"Why? Tell me why, ah~?" Catherine said angrily in a slightly magnetic voice.
At the same time, his delicate palm slapped the table angrily, making a loud 'thud' sound.
When the sound came, Archduke Julius couldn't help but shrink his neck. Facing the anger in his daughter's eyes, he could only awkwardly tickle his nose with his fingers, with a scornful expression on his face.
Adele was sitting next to her, her pretty face tense as well, her displeasure clearly expressed on her face.
Leo also glared at his father, holding out his belly, with one hand on his waist and one finger pointing at Grand Duke Julius, and shouted in a pretentious manner: "That's right, why~!"
Catherine's face was covered with frost, she gritted her little silver teeth, and said fiercely: "Lorraine won the battle, the soldiers who went into battle to kill the enemy were soldiers from our Ruman Empire, and the artillery used was from our Flying Eagle Group.
Have anything to do with her.
Now they actually say with a shameless face that they defeated Hadu.
This woman is so shameless~!”
Leo shouted to his father again: "That's right, you still want to be shameless~?"
Xiaobai stood aside and looked at the situation in the field, with a dazed look in his big, clear and bright eyes.
Originally, at this time, as a qualified henchman, it should stand up, grinning, slapping its head, making all kinds of ferocious looks, acting like a hooligan, taking advantage of its height and weight to completely overwhelm the opponent in terms of momentum.
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Watching the other person being scared to death by him, running away in confusion, and then laughing happily.
This has always been his favorite.
When it saw today's situation, out of instinct, it still felt that something was not quite right. It didn't know what to do for a while.
It thought seriously for a while, then rolled its big eyes and found the large pot of fruit next to it. Its eyes suddenly lit up. Then it curled up its long nose, picked up the pot of fruit, ran to the side, and ate randomly.
The sea is blocked.
While eating, he shook his head repeatedly:: The relationship between human beings is really complicated and troublesome~! After eating and having nothing to do, they would argue and make noises, not even mentioning finding a place to sleep.
Lazy sleep.
It is completely inconsistent with the life philosophy of a very smart foodie like Mr. Xiaobai~!
When several women in the room heard it munching fruit, they couldn't help but turn their heads and glance at it, and then they cursed in unison: "Foodie~!"
Xiaobai rolled his eyes, but didn't care at all.
It has always believed that the word "foodie" is definitely its greatest compliment. But when it hears those women saying that Xiaobai is good, Xiaobai is obedient... and so on, it knows that something is wrong. It is not for him to accompany them.
Carrying things while shopping means carrying things while shopping.
The most terrifying thing is that bitch Claudia. She often praises her while looking at her with a malicious look, which scares her so much that she turns around and runs away with her tail between her legs...
The Grand Duke took advantage of the time when several women turned to look at Xiao Bai, and hurriedly took out his handkerchief and wiped his forehead a few times.
Under the intense gaze of Catherine's beautiful eyes just now, the pressure was really great~!
Grand Duke Julius was a little afraid of his precious daughter from the bottom of his heart. Just because Catherine was always right, but he always made mistakes.
Not to mention, in the past, in order to fight in the war, he always reached out to her to ask for military expenses. He would always say: "My daughter, do we still have money? If you give me another three to five million, I want to beat up the Parthians again."
Then, Catherine had to work hard, like squeezing out toothpaste, to squeeze out a sum of money from her originally small finances so that he could go out and squander it.
Although he was extremely happy during the war, he was also quite distressed when he saw Catherine working so hard.
And in order to help herself, she has never been able to find a suitable partner.
Over time, I naturally felt sorry for her.
Later, she discovered that the Kaizi she had managed to find was really an out-and-out Kaizi. She started from scratch, and in just a few years, he was actually richer than herself. This kind of Kaizi was really nothing to steal.
psychological burden.
Therefore, there are many big customers who eat from him.
Although he was brave, at that time, he was still a grand duke, not the ultimate creature at the top of all biological chains - the mother-in-law.
It's really unreasonable for a father to eat his own daughter's boyfriend.
But the sad thing is that once you become addicted to it, you can never stop.
Later, he accidentally ate his own son's wealthy family...
All these factors combined, no matter how shameless he was, when facing them, his confidence in speaking became less and less.
He had just wiped it twice, and then he saw several women turning their heads again. He had no time to stuff the handkerchief back, and hurriedly balled it up in the palm of his hand. Then he put his hand in front of his lips and pretended to cough repeatedly.
Catherine snorted coldly and said: "Don't pretend to be sick and ask you a question~!"
Grand Duke Julius helplessly spread his hands and said weakly: "Nicole, listen to me, Isabella did this because she had no choice but to..."
Catherine knocked her white fist on the table, interrupted the Grand Duke, and said angrily: "No matter what the reason is, she cannot take the credit for Lorraine's work. This is fraud and a serious character problem.
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Adele also nodded seriously, showing that she and Catherine were standing together.
Of course she supports her boyfriend.
Defeating General Hadou is a very embarrassing thing, and the reputation and honor points will increase by at least thirty to fifty thousand.
In the future, when fighting for boyfriends with those bastards, you can still say very reservedly, "He is not a famous general, he just defeated Hadou, the best general in the world, oh hehehe..."
Then looking at the expressions of those women, it was definitely very satisfying.
Hilmeria next to her also looked embarrassed.
On one side is his cousin, and on the other is the father of his child. Speaking of which, the latter is more important. These achievements at that time were also very important for his cousin to gain a foothold and stabilize the situation in Almohad.
No one would like their emperor or empress to be incompetent and have to rely on outsiders for help in everything.
Leo also echoed loudly: "That's right, it's a serious character problem, hey..."
At this point, he suddenly stopped, looked back at Catherine, and asked in confusion: "By the way, sister, do politicians have character? Didn't the boss say that it's best to throw away things like character and integrity?
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Grand Duke Julius saw Leo standing in front of him, following his sister to attack him as a father. He was so angry that the Grand Duke did not dare to get angry at his daughter. At that time, Leo, a fat and weakling, did not take him seriously.
The Grand Duke rolled his eyes at Leo and said angrily: "Go ahead and play, and then keep coaxing you, or I'll beat you up."
Leo shouted without any sign of weakness: "Why~!"
"Just because I am your father." Archduke Julius glanced at Leo, his body shook, and he lost his domineering aura.
Leo was so angry that he shouted: "You are fascist paternalism..."
Catherine waved her hand and said: "Leo, come here and sit in front of me. Who dares to touch you?"
Leo chirped and quickly got back to Catherine, and then looked at his father.
Catherine folded her arms on her chest and looked at the Archduke with a cold face.
Seeing that Catherine was really angry, the Grand Duke felt a little scared. The last time he annoyed Catherine was several years ago. Catherine ignored him for half a month. Everyone in the Grand Duke's palace sided with Catherine and played a cold war against the Grand Duke.
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At that time, the Grand Duke was almost buried under various government documents and reports, and now I still feel frightened when I think about it.
Grand Duke Julius had to smile bitterly, with a sincere expression on his face, and said: "Nicole, Nicole, do you listen to me? This is just an embellishment for Lorraine. Lorraine is so powerful, so he deserves this."
reputation."
"That's nice to say," Catherine said: "Lorraine defeated Amor and Hadou with real swords and guns. When it comes back to the country, Lorraine is our national hero in Ruman."
Grand Duke Julius smiled and said: "He has been for a long time. Besides, Isa didn't say that she won the battle alone. Isa just said that the new army also defeated Hadou. The issue of propaganda focus
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When the details of the war come back, everyone will know that Lorraine won. This does not conflict with Isa's propaganda. The overall situation is the most important thing.
Nicole. Don’t you also hope that Lorraine will come back soon?
As Isa's reputation increases, Almohad's people can be stabilized, and the war can end sooner."
The Almohad Empire government publicized that the Battle of Prisca was fought by the Almohad New Army.
Just like the parade never mentioned that this battle was commanded by Lorraine, with the Ruman Army as the main force.
Nowadays, the propaganda in the Almohad country is all about the new army. The Almohad people think that under the wise leadership of Queen Isabella, the frontline soldiers fought bloody battles and defeated the evil Amor and Haddou.
As for the peacekeeping force, who are the famous generals? They are only at the level of conducting exercises.
Of course, Archduke Julius clearly knew that he did not care about the small actions of the Almohads. He could understand Queen Isabella's thoughts.
This event was too important and crucial to her.
Archduke Julius laughed off the Almohads' petty antics.
Of course, the Grand Duke himself would not admit it. When Queen Isabella asked about it, he was overwhelmed by Queen Isabella's pitiful eyes and affectionate smile, and he confusedly agreed, "It doesn't matter, just listen to her."
Sha yours”.
It wasn't until he returned to the peacekeeping force headquarters and sat in the air-conditioned room that Archduke Julius woke up with a jolt. However, he had already patted his chest in front of the little girl and promised to come over. With Archduke Julius's thick skin, he couldn't deny it.
the point.
Of course it didn't matter to men. At that time, when it came to beautiful women, especially beautiful women he was interested in, the Grand Duke could only grit his teeth.
As expected, Catherine and the others immediately met with constant opposition.
Grand Duke Julius talked hard, and finally promised to reimburse Catherine and their bills for the recent period, so he reluctantly calmed Catherine down and prevented them from causing trouble to Queen Isabella.
However, when he received the bill from Catherine and the others, Archduke Julius realized that the sacrifice he had made was too great. It was so big that Archduke Julius himself could not bear it.
Archduke Julius could only find a place where no one was around to secretly lament the misfortunes of beauty.
For Queen Isabella, the six months from last winter until now have been the most difficult period since she took office.
Originally full of confidence in the crusade against the rebellion, unexpectedly, under the attack of Hadou, the new army suffered two major defeats, lost all its offensive advantages, and could only be passively beaten.
This had a huge negative impact on Queen Isabella's reputation.
The Almohad dignitaries below, who were already dissatisfied with her, secretly colluded with each other after the defeat of the new army and ridiculed Queen Isabella.
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Since the emperor was in poor health and unable to govern, Queen Isabella should have welcomed the eldest prince back and established him as the new king.
It's nothing like a woman sitting on everyone's head.
Even Queen Isabella's men were somewhat unsettled.
More than once, she received reports from her subordinates, accusing an official of possibly colluding with the eldest prince, Amor and Hadou.
And when Hadou and the southern rebels crossed the Zamibia River and burned the war into the area controlled by Queen Isabella, no one even came to inform her ears.
Of course, Queen Isabella would not think that her subordinates were united as one, united and united...to overcome difficulties together.
There is only one reason for this. All her people have gone to collude with Hadou. At least they no longer think highly of her and are not willing to get close to her.
In this way, if things change in the future and the boss is replaced by the eldest prince or Hadou, you can just try not to be liquidated.
The reason is the same as when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were fighting each other. Even Cao Cao's subordinates did not think highly of Cao Cao and wrote letters to Yuan Shao to express their goodwill. Even Cao Cao himself understood this mentality.
Of course, Queen Isabella has never read Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and she is not a magnanimous woman.
Women who have reached the peak of power have never been so magnanimous, such as Lu Pheasant, Wu Zetian, Catherine II, Cixi...
That's why she sent her most trusted people to follow Lorraine to set up an espionage agency, just to settle the scores.
So Lorraine taught Leo early on not to offend women. Especially beautiful women, and be careful of beautiful and smart women.
During that most difficult time, Queen Isabella often woke up from nightmares, and then sat in front of the window all night, thinking about how to change the current situation.
At that time, Queen Isabella made up her mind. If she had to sacrifice her appearance, she would sell herself to the highest bidder.
Fortunately, the women of the Niodos family were more upbeat, so Queen Isabella did not fall to the point of sacrificing her life for the country, and was still in the mood to tease Archduke Julius.
The Battle of Prisca reversed all this.
Now, with the power of a great victory and all-round packaging and promotion by the publicity department, Queen Isabella's reputation in the country has once again reached its peak.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Queen Isabella proposed an exciting counterattack plan. The lost territory would be recaptured within a month and the front line would be pushed back to the Zamibia River.
The Almohad New Army began a full-scale counterattack.
After understanding the detailed process and results of the Battle of Prisca, Queen Isabella's officials and peacekeeping forces knew clearly that the rebels on the north bank of Prisca were at the end of their rope.
In fact, the rebels stranded in the north at this time have become rogue bandits. Not to mention the new army, even the local militia can chase after their tails.
Who wouldn't want to kill a dog and get military glory?
Almohad's new army advanced by leaps and bounds. Wherever the king's army went, the enemies fled in the face of the wind. They opened the city gates to the people of the empire and ate pots of milk to welcome the king's army.
The Almohads would receive the latest battle reports every day. The battle reports stated how many enemies the new army had killed under the leadership of that general, how many levels they had beheaded, which famous cities and towns they had recovered, and how many fallen people they had liberated.
At this time, the peacekeeping force was also on a mission to clean up the remnants of the rebels. In order to gain credit, the new army only rushed to the cities and did not even look at the rural areas where there was no oil or water.
The rest of the vast area relied on the peacekeeping troops to sort out and clean up bit by bit, turning it into small groups. It was difficult to deal with the rebel teams that had moved into the valley, and it took a lot of effort from the peacekeeping troops.
For the peacekeeping force, it is just a matter of training the team and moving the troops slowly south.
This made the peacekeeping force headed by Catherine extremely dissatisfied. The dirty work was all done by their peacekeeping force, but all the credit and reputation belonged to the new army.
However, Archduke Julius fell into a beauty trap and muddle-headedly agreed to Queen Isabella's demands.
Queen Isabella's reputation is at its peak, but the peacekeeping force is full of complaints.
Because of this, Catherine did not give good face to Grand Duke Julius for a long time, and the Grand Duke himself felt very humiliated.
The battle reports of the new army are more brilliant than the last. For example, they defeated tens of thousands of enemy legions, defeated several towns in a row, etc.
The imperial government was not stingy with commendation orders. All the new troops who regained the city were issued with commendation orders.
Relying on the telegraph network, the war reports were also forwarded to various parts of the north, which greatly played a huge role in inspiring people's hearts.
At first, Catherine and the others looked at the battle report of the New Army and curled their lips in dissatisfaction. Later, they became more and more happy and even instructed the telegraph station that in the future, the battle report of the Almohad New Army should be sent first and be promoted vigorously.
Then several girls huddled together and snickered, as if the conspiracy had succeeded.
Gradually, the people of Almohad also noticed that something was not normal.
A thoughtful person has estimated that according to the figures in the victory report, within half a month of the counterattack, the New Army defeated a total of 200,000 rebels, wiped out more than 70,000 rebels, and beheaded 140 enemy generals.
names, twenty-seven leaders, and so on.
Damn it, the total number of rebels operating in the north is only 50,000, but they have actually wiped out more than the total number of enemies.
This is treating us people like idiots~!
The Marquis of Weishan scolded all the generals of the New Army. After that, all the battle reports of the Almohad New Army only mentioned that the area was recovered, and never mentioned how many enemies were killed.
The generals of the New Army were not only promoted, but also made a fortune.
There were a lot of materials belonging to the former rebels in the occupied areas. These were all captured openly and fell into the hands of the new army. According to the rules, the officers were divided into 30%, the soldiers were divided into another 30%, and the remaining 40% were handed over.
Although most of these supplies were collected by the rebels from the civilian population, the generals of the New Army did not care.
What's more, they used the opportunity of confiscating the property of collaborators to make money wantonly.
Prime Minister Almohad issued an order that anyone who had cooperated with the rebels in the occupied areas would be punished for collaborating with the enemy and treason. Everyone would be beheaded and all their property would be confiscated.
When the generals of the New Army saw the opportunity, they were so moved that they almost cried. This boss is really considerate of his subordinates~!
Immediately, these bastards launched a large-scale investigation operation. To see who was rich and fat enough, they would casually frame the other party into betraying the country and joining the enemy, working for the rebels, and then confiscating their property and putting it all in their own pockets.
Anyway, after a back-and-forth tug-of-war, the local government collapsed and the occupied areas were recovered. These generals were Wang Fa.
On the contrary, the generals of the peacekeeping force could not stand the rampant behavior of the New Army gang of bastards, and made many reports to the peacekeeping force headquarters.
After receiving these reports, Catherine sneered, suppressed them all quietly, and told the Grand Duke not to know.
At that time, one day Catherine had to go out temporarily for something, and the documents of that day were sent to Grand Duke Julius. Suddenly, Grand Duke Julius felt sorry for his daughter's hard work and copied and reviewed the documents himself.
One of them contained a report by the commander of the peacekeeping force describing that the generals of the New Army were acting recklessly in a certain place, expropriating people's property, robbing people's wives and daughters.
After Grand Duke Julius read the report carefully, he pondered for a quarter of an hour, then tore up the report and threw it into the sewer, as if this report had never appeared and the Grand Duke had never been with Isabelle. Queen La mentioned it before.